We're using our own social media framework to study conversations about Olympic sponsorship, paying special attention to brands Adidas and Cadbury, to assess whether the Olympics are beneficial to the brands, and to what degree social media is driving those benefits. We're two weeks in. So who's ahead in the race for brand gold?

In Q4 2011, Google’s Product Listing Ads (PLAs) – a new type of search ad offering, which enjoyed great success in the US, became available in the UK amid huge excitement. PLAs are effective in delivering both a strong click through rate (CTR) and conversion rate (CR). Here are our best practice tips for new PLA users.